Human Spaceflights

International Flight No. 84

Soyuz T-7

Soyuz T-5
Dnieper

USSR

Salyut patch

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:  19.08.1982
Launch time:  17:11 UTC
Launch site:  Baikonur
Launch pad:  1
Altitude:  202 - 235 km
Inclination:  51,6
Docking Salyut 7:  20.08.1982, 18:32 UTC
Undocking Salyut 7:  10.12.1982, 15:45 UTC
Landing date:  27.08.1982
Landing time:  15:04 UTC
Landing site:  190 km E of Dzheskasgan

walkout photo

Crew Soyuz T-7

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

alternate crew photo

Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position Flight No. Duration Orbits
1 USSR  Popov  Leonid Ivanovich  Commander 3 7d 21h 52m  126 
2 USSR  Serebrov  Aleksandr Aleksandrovich  Flight Engineer 1 7d 21h 52m  126 
3 USSR  Savitskaya  Svetlana Yevgeniyevna  Research Cosmonaut 1 7d 21h 52m  126 

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1  Popov
2  Serebrov
3  Savitskaya
Soyuz T spaceship
Landing
1  Berezovoy
2  Lededev
3  

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Launch deorbit entry
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Double Crew

No.   Surname Given names Position
1 USSR  Vasyutin  Vladimir Vladimirovich  Commander
2 USSR  Savinykh  Viktor Petrovich  Flight Engineer
3 USSR  Pronina  Irina Rudolfovna  Research Cosmonaut
Crew Soyuz T-7 (double)

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz T-5 spacecraft 190 km east of Dzheskasgan.

Following a one day solo flight the Soyuz docked with the Salyut 7 space station on 20.08.1982 and common work with the first resident crew. The crew delivered experiments and mail to the station. The crew also conducted scientific and technical research and experiments, especially in the field of microgravity. Savitskaya became the second woman in space.

Photos / Drawings

Salyut 7 crew in training
Soyuz T-7 launch Soyuz T-7 onboard
Soyuz T-7 recovery  

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